The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-02-17
HILL SIZE IN a New ROLE.
IEIs Capacity as "a Will-Malxer
Evidenced By Some Eee-
narkabe Legacfes.

Mr.. Bill Nye is responsible for the
following fond, paternal epistle. 1t
will be noted that he sets a shining ex-
ample to other men Of means by sub
in advance an outline of his
proposed will for the consideration OF
his heirs
HUDSON, Wis, Jan, Goth.
MY DEAR HENRY: This is dicta-
ted letter. The thoughts are mine but
the penmanshipis that Of man NAM
ed Beasley, who is doing the chores
for us this winter. My reason Tor
hiring private secretary is that last
Tuesday the strawberry blonde,
shote, slumped through hole in the
ice, and in striving to rescue him from
watery grave l fell and broke one
of my legs just above the fetlock'
Kind friends came from every
where to ask me fit hurt much, and
in a thousand different ways showed
their gentle desire to draw me into a
spirited conversation. A doctor
came down from the Insanitarlum to
set the leg, and tied his horse to little
sugar maple tree that set out last
spring, When nc puts in his bill ior
medical attendance he will be sur
prised to find an offset Of eighty cents
for that tree. may be slightly Grip
pied, but you can announce in your
valuable paper that there are no flies
ON me to speak Of
While spread out here with moth
ing to do my mind has been quite ac
tive, and have had drawn off for M
the following outlines of a will, whicI
l send you inclosed herewith. "Pleas
read and return" as it says on tn
Bible,rack on board the cars
Know all men by these presents
that |, the subscriber, being OF SCUM
mind and realizing that | am now III
der the doctors care, and therefor
may be swept into eternity any M
ment, do hereby make, execute an
publish this my last will and test
ment firmly by these presents
l. I hereby appoint my believe
wife Henriette to be my sole executrl
assignee and receiver of my entire e
tate, with full powers to pay taxes
said estate forever, and to have and
hold the same so long as grass gro'
and water runs, together with SUI
other and further relief as the Gov
may adjudge.
=. | hereby request that the r
horse Napoleon be sold and the p
ceeds thereof used toward defrayi
my funeral expenses, provided tt
the sum of $25 therefrom be set as
for the purpose Of maintaining la
aggressive bulldog, whose duty
shall be to monkey over my 10y
grave until my dust shall be of no
to science. 1t is my desire that
executrix shall so maintain said b
dog hereinbefore set forth in or
that pimply young medical stude
may not make too free with all tina
mortal OF q superior man, 1t is
special desire that no part OF my &c
omy shall contribute in any way
science or to the amusement OF a C
of sore-eyed goslings who can not
near enough to a live man to opel
on him.
desire to state, also, that | h
whatever may be odd or eccentric
abnormal about my formation may
generously allowed to pull obliN
over itself and fade away. ! do
wish to be perpetuated in the form
fatty tumor or osseous tormat
Let my good deeds be my only mt
ment. Let the post-mortem in
case be omitted, and the time ia
upin some other way.
l request, also, that at my fun
the free list be suspended, and
those only who have a personal IL
est in the proceedings be permi
to take part. Persons who make
funeral industry business, or
upon it as means Of relaxation, ar
quested to abstain from my funer
personal favor to me.
give and bequeath, make
and present to my beloved wife H
cite, all and singular, my real
personal property aside from
horse Napoleon heretofor enume'
and set aside for funeral purpose
have and to hold all said property
ing her lifetime, and after that
said real and personal property to
to my beloved son Henry, who il
gagged in publishing paper at $
year. To said beloved son Her
also bequeath all my wardrobe. !
worn out his old lawn-tennis and
clothes while he was attending
lege, using his boating and bas
suits for underclothing during
winter, and now that am abo
pass on leave my own clothir
him as a slight testimonial of m
probation for his kindness t
when had no polo suit of my ov